Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (Hindi: Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad) is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. Uttar Pradesh is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses: the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council). The Vidhan Parishad is a permanent House, consisting of 100 members.

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
6 years
Leadership
Anandiben Patel
since 29 July 2019
Kunwar Manvendra Singh, BJP
since 22 May 2022
Deputy Chairman
Vacant, BJP
Leader of the House
Deputy Leader of the House
Vidya Sagar Sonkar, BJP
since 22 February 2023
Leader of Opposition
Vacant
Deputy Leader of Opposition
Vacant
Dr Rajesh Singh, IAS
Structure
Seats100 (90 Elected + 10 Nominated)
Political groups
Government (83)
NDA (83)
  •   BJP (81)
  •   AD(S) (1)
  •   NISHAD (1)

Opposition (11)

Others (5)

Vacant (1)

  •   Vacant (1)
Elections
Last election
4 May 2023
Next election
2023
Meeting place
Vidhan Parishad Chamber, Vidhan Bhavan, VS Marg, Lucknow - 226 001
Website
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

History

The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad came into existence by the Government of India Act of 1935. The Legislative Council consisted of 60 members. The term of a member of the Council was six years with one-third of its members retiring after every two years. The Houses enjoyed the right of electing their Presiding Officers known as the President. The first meeting of the Legislative Council was held on 29 July 1937. Sir Sitaram and Begum Aijaz Rasul were elected the President and the Vice-President of the Legislative Council respectively. Sir Sitaram was in office until 9 March 1949. Chandra Bhal became the next Chairman on 10 March 1949.

After the independence and adoption of the constitution on 26 January 1950 Chandra Bhal was re-elected the Chairman of the Legislative Council and served until 5 May 1958. Sri Nizamuddin was elected the Deputy Chairman of the Council on 27 May 1952. He served until 1964.

Nominations and election

When, under the provisions of the Government of India Act 1935, the Legislative Council came into existence in the United Provinces, it comprised 60 members. On 26 January 1950, the total membership of the Vidhan Parishad (legislative council) of Uttar Pradesh state was increased from 60 to 72. With the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act 1956, the strength of the Council was enhanced to 108. After the reorganization of Uttar Pradesh state in November 2000 and the creation of Uttarakhand state, this strength has now reduced to 100.

Composition of Legislative Council

The present composition of the Vidhan Parishad is as follows: Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) has 100 Members (MLC).[1]

Party Composition

Alliance Party No. of MLC's Leader of the Party in Council
National Democratic Alliance
Seats: 84
BJP 82 Keshav Prasad Maurya
AD(S) 1 Ashish Singh Patel
NISHAD 1 Sanjay Nishad
Others
Seats: 16
SP 9 Lal Bihari Yadav
JSD(L) 1 Akshay Pratap Singh
BSP 1 Bhimrao Ambedkar
IND 5
Total Number of MLC's 100


Term

Members are now elected or nominated for six years and one-third of them retire on the expiration of every second year, so a member continues as such for six years. The vacant seats are filled up by fresh elections and nominations (by Governor) at the beginning of every third year. The retiring members are also eligible for re-election and re-nomination any number of times. The Presiding Officers of Vidhan Parishad are Chairman and Deputy Chairman. Kunwar Manvendra Singh is the current Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Councils.

Constituencies and members (100)

See here the List of members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

The following are the constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad:[2]

Elected by Legislative Assembly (38)

Keys:   BJP (29)   SP (6)   BSP (1)   AD(S) (1)   Vacant (1)

# Member Party Term Start Term End
1 Keshav Prasad Maurya BJP 06-Jul-2022 05-Jul-2028
2 Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh BJP 06-Jul-2022 05-Jul-2028
3 Daya Shankar Mishra BJP 06-Jul-2022 05-Jul-2028
4 Jayendra Pratap Singh Rathore BJP 06-Jul-2022 05-Jul-2028
5 Jaswant Saini BJP 06-Jul-2022 05-Jul-2028
6 Danish Azad Ansari BJP 06-Jul-2022 05-Jul-2028
7 Narendra Kumar Kashyap BJP 06-Jul-2022 05-Jul-2028
8 Padamsen Chaudhary BJP 29-May-2023 05-Jul-2028
9 Mukesh Sharma BJP 06-Jul-2022 05-Jul-2028
10 Dharmendra Senthwar BJP 11-Aug-2022 30-Jan-2027
11 Swatantra Dev Singh BJP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027
12 Manvendra Singh Chauhan BJP 29-May-2023 30-Jan-2027
13 A. K. Sharma BJP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027
14 Kunwar Manvendra Singh BJP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027
15 Govind Narayan Shukla BJP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027
16 Salil Vishnoi BJP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027
17 Ashwani Tyagi BJP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027
18 Dharmveer Prajapati BJP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027
19 Surendra Choudhary BJP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027
20 Nirmala Paswan BJP 11-Aug-2022 05-May-2024
21 Vidya Sagar Sonkar BJP 06-May-2018 05-May-2024
22 Sarojini Agarwal BJP 06-May-2018 05-May-2024
23 Ashok Kataria BJP 06-May-2018 05-May-2024
24 Bukkal Nawab BJP 06-May-2018 05-May-2024
25 Vijay Bahadur Pathak BJP 06-May-2018 05-May-2024
26 Ashok Dhawan BJP 06-May-2018 05-May-2024
27 Mohsin Raza BJP 06-May-2018 05-May-2024
28 Mahendra Kumar Singh BJP 06-May-2018 05-May-2024
29 Yashwant Singh BJP 06-May-2018 05-May-2024
30 Swami Prasad Maurya SP 06-Jul-2022 05-Jul-2028
31 Mukul Yadav SP 06-Jul-2022 05-Jul-2028
32 Mohammad Jasmir Ansari SP 06-Jul-2022 05-Jul-2028
33 Shahnawaz Khan SP 06-Jul-2022 05-Jul-2028
34 Rajendra Chaudhary SP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027
35 Naresh Chandra Uttam SP 06-May-2018 05-May-2024
36 Ashish Singh Patel AD(S) 06-May-2018 05-May-2024
37 Bhimrao Ambedkar BSP 06-May-2018 05-May-2024
38 Vacant Since 9-Sep-2023 30-Jan-2027

Elected by Local Authority Constituencies (36)

Keys:   BJP (33)   Independent (2)   JSD(L) (1)

# Constituency Member Party Term Start Term End
1 Raebareli Dinesh Pratap Singh BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
2 Jaunpur Brijesh Singh BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
3 Muzaffarnagar-

Saharanpur

Vandana Verma BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
4 MoradabadBijnor Satyapal Singh Saini BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
5 RampurBareilly Kunwar Maharaj Singh BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
6 PilibhitShahjahanpur Sudhir Gupta BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
7 Hardoi Ashok Agrawal BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
8 Lakhimpur–Kheri Anoop Kumar Gupta BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
9 Sitapur Pawan Singh Chauhan BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
10 LucknowUnnao Ram Chandra Pradhan BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
11 Pratapgarh Akshay Pratap Singh JSD(L) 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
12 Sultanpur Shailendra Pratap Singh BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
13 Barabanki Angad Singh BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
14 Bahraich Pragya Tripathi BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
15 Gonda Awadhesh Kumar Singh BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
16 Faizabad Hariom Pandey BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
17 BastiSiddharth Nagar Subhash Yaduvansh BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
18 GorakhpurMaharajganj CP Chand BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
19 Deoria Dr. Ratanpal Singh BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
20 AzamgarhMau Vikrant Singh "Rishu" IND 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
21 Ballia Ravishanker Singh alias Pappu BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
22 MirzapurSonbhadra Shyam Narayan Singh alias Vineet BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
23 Allahabad Dr KP Srivastav BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
24 BandaHamirpur Jitendra Singh Sengar BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
25 JhansiJalaunLalitpur Rama Niranjan BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
26 KanpurFatehpur Avinash Singh Chauhan BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
27 EtawahFarrukhabad Pranshu Dutt Dwivedi BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
28 AgraFirozabad Vijay Shivhare BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
29 MathuraEtahMainpuri Ashish Yadav Ashu BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
30 Om Prakash Singh BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
31 Aligarh-Hathras Chaudhary Rishipal Singh BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
32 Bulandshahar-Noida Narendra Bhati BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
33 MeerutGhaziabad Dharmendra Bhardwaj BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
34 Ghazipur Vishal Singh Chanchal BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
35 Varanasi Annapurna Singh IND 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028
36 Badaun Vagish Pathak BJP 12-Apr-2022 11-Apr-2028

Elected from Graduate Constituencies (8)

Keys:   BJP (6)   SP (2)

# Constituency Member Party Term Start Term End
1 BareillyMoradabad Dr. Jai Pal Singh BJP Feb-2023 Feb-2029
2 GorakhpurFaizabad Devendra Pratap Singh BJP Feb-2023 Feb-2029
3 Kanpur Arun Pathak BJP Feb-2023 Feb-2029
4 Agra Dr. Manvendra Pratap Singh BJP Dec-2020 Dec-2026
5 Meerut Dinesh Kumar Goel BJP Dec-2020 Dec-2026
6 Lucknow Awanish Kumar Singh BJP Dec-2020 Dec-2026
7 Varanasi Ashutosh Sinha SP Dec-2020 Dec-2026
8 Allahabad–Jhansi Dr Man Singh Yadav SP Dec-2020 Dec-2026

Elected from Teacher Constituencies (8)

Keys:   BJP (4)   Independent (3)   SP (1)

# Constituency Member Party Term Start Term End
1 Kanpur Raj Bahadur Singh Chandel IND Feb-2023 Feb-2029
2 AllahabadJhansi Babu Lal Tiwari BJP Feb-2023 Feb-2029
3 BareillyMoradabad Hari Singh Dhillon BJP Dec-2020 Dec-2026
4 Lucknow Umesh Dwivedi BJP Dec-2020 Dec-2026
5 Varanasi Lal Bihari Yadav SP Dec-2020 Dec-2026
6 Meerut Shri Chand Sharma BJP Dec-2020 Dec-2026
7 Agra Akash Agarwal IND Dec-2020 Dec-2026
8 GorakhpurFaizabad Dhruv Kumar Tripathi IND Dec-2020 Dec-2026

Nominated by Governor (10)

Keys:   BJP (9)   NP (1)

# Member Party Term Start Term End
1 Jitin Prasada BJP 01-Oct 2021 30-Sep-2027
2 Gopal Anjan Bhurji BJP 01-Oct 2021 30-Sep-2027
3 Choudhary Virender Singh BJP 01-Oct 2021 30-Sep-2027
4 Sanjay Nishad NP 01-Oct 2021 30-Sep-2027
5 Rajnikant Maheshwari BJP 03-Apr-2023 02-Apr-2029
6 Saket Misra BJP 03-Apr-2023 02-Apr-2029
7 Ram Subhag Rajbhar BJP 03-Apr-2023 02-Apr-2029
8 Hans Raj Vishwakarma BJP 03-Apr-2023 02-Apr-2029
9 Tariq Mansoor BJP 03-Apr-2023 02-Apr-2029
10 Lal ji Prasad BJP 03-Apr-2023 02-Apr-2029

See also

Notes

    References

    1. "Constitutional Setup". Government of UP. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
    2. "The Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1951". Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.

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